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*~A few Hours Ago~*
*~Otherworld~*
*~Goku~*
"So tell me Baba, what brings you here?" Asked a portly blue catfish-like being. He was currently standing with his arms behind his back, observing a long-off mountain range where his current pupil was meditating in, trying to break another barrier in his Super Saiyan powers. Behind him was a rather short old woman by the name of Uranai Baba, or simply Fortuneteller Baba. She was sitting on her crystal ball, adjusting her pointed hat on top of her graying pink hair.
Baba hopped of her crystal ball, and called upon a vision of HFIL in it. In the depths of the ball, Cell appeared, and he appeared to be making a deal with a short, portly green alien wearing an orange cape over a blue robe. A mask covered the top part of the stubby alien's face, starting above his nose. An intricately drawn letter M was resting in the center of his head.
As the lord of the Northern Galaxies watched on, his face paled as he recognized the short alien. "I-it's Bibidi!"
Baba nodded her head in agreement. "Yes, it is Bibidi, creator of the terrifying Majin Buu, the same one that used this Buu to slay the Supreme Kais millions of years before.
King Kai looked at her with surprise. "How did you know that?"
"I made it my business long ago to learn the history of the universe," she huffed, offended.
"What is Cell doing with Bibidi?" King Kai asked.
"He's using Bibidi to break out." Baba stated.
"Bibidi is a power-hungry creature. Why would he help Cell?" Asked King Kai.
"Cell spared his existence, and agreed to look for Buu's cocoon." Baba grimly stated.
"And Cell agreed?!" cried King Kai.
Baba nodded. "Cell has nothing to loose. Best-case scenario for all of us, he never finds the cocoon, and Buu stays in there for good. In the meantime, though, we could stop him with Otherworld's strongest fighter." she said, looking over to the mountain range.
*~HFIL~*
*~Goku~*
"Now, if I were Cell, where would I be..." thought Goku, as he wondered through HFIL he had been looking for the bio-android for the past hour, but since he was masking his ki, Goku couldn't sense him at all.
After another few minutes of wandering, he came across a woman. She had spiky black hair that reached to her shoulders, and wore a special set of Saiyan battle armor, one that resembled a dress. When she turned around, she looked startled, then flung herself at him.
"Bardock!" she yelled, after trying to squeeze him in a vise-like hug.
Goku was trying to squirm his way out without injuring the woman, mainly because she didn't seem as evil as other people that ended up here, heck, she didn't seem evil at all! When she looked at his face, confusion was evident in her features, until a realization descended on her face. "K-kakarot?" she asked timidly, looking at him.
Although he preferred not to use his Saiyan name, Goku still nodded yes, unsure of the reaction the woman would have. Instantly, the woman held on to him as tightly as she could while crying tears of joy, and although he wasn't the brightest when it came to women and social interactions, he slowly started to get an idea of who the woman was.
"Um, miss?" he started, before she cut him off with a wail.
"My baby Kakarot is all grown up!"
Goku's eyes widened. He just met his mother. Then he smiled his Son Grin. He just met his mother!
After calming her down and filling her in, his mother agreed to help him. Both were currently walking towards the deeper parts of HFIL, where his mother supposedly heard explosions a while back.
"So, mom," he said, smiling as he said the word, "what's your name?"
Although a bit put off at her son not knowing her name, she understood, not ever having met him growing up, and so his mom replied, "Gine, Kakarot. My name is Gine."
"I like Goku better. Only Vegeta really calls me Kakarot." he said.
Gine's eyes widened. "You know Prince Vegeta?! He'll kill you if you don't show him respect! The royal line is the strongest!"
"On Earth, he's just Vegeta, and he's not the strongest, Gohan is."
Gine looked confused. "Who's Gohan?"
"Oh, he's my son."
Suddenly, Gine stopped, a goofy grin covering her face. Goku looked worried for a bit, until he realized that that was that exact same face he made when he...
"Grandbabies!"
...was about to shout out in glee.
Getting tackled down by his mom a third time that day wasn't really on his mind, but he let it happen anyways. 'She's doesn't do this often,' he thought, as she attempted to squeeze the life-no, death- out of her son.
After another few minutes of prying, they were on their way again. After another half-hour of searching, Goku started to sense a faint, but very strong ki signature. Closing his eyes and focusing on it, he identified it as Cell. Next to him, was a small green ki. The green ki was spiking, and was warping itself. Thinking fast, Goku took hold of his mother's arm, brought his index and middle finger to his forehead, and Instant Transmitted the two of them towards Cell.
When he arrived, he saw Cell with a small, wimpy-looking green alien. The alien was waving his thin arms, when he suddenly yelled, "Papparapa!" As soon as he uttered that phrase, a hole appeared right out of thin air. Cell immediately made his way to the now-shrinking rip, and stepped through it. Goku, with his ki suppressed, followed. Not one to give up on her family so easily, Gine followed him. The alien midget never noticed the two extra people that were passing through his portal as he cackled to no-one in particular. The last thing Goku heard from the mad alien before the portal was: "Now, everyone will tremble in fear under Master Bibidi's creation, Majin Buu!"
Taking in the surrounding area, Goku noticed something odd. The halo on his mother disappeared! Checking his own halo, Goku found that it too, was gone. Despite knowing that the same thing happened with Cell, he grinned widely. After Cell was dealt with, he could go back to his family! And his mom was alive now! Now, if only he saw his dad down there...
*~Present~*
*~East District 439~*
*~Gohan~*
"'Image of perfection' my ass," spat Gohan, as he glared at the still smirking Cell. Besides him, Videl, still in shock, was beginning to feel rage bubble up inside of her, and with good reason. The bio-android in front of her killed the only family member she had at that time. If her dad was never brought back to life, she would've been in an orphanage, because chances are, she would've never met her mother. Currently, the only thing holding her back was the amount of power she felt when Gohan was teaching her how to sense energy.
"Such hurtful words coming from you, Gohan. Do you kiss your mother with that mouth?" asked Cell, clearly riling Gohan up.
"You leave my family out of this, Cell" Gohan growled. He was starting to have a hard time keeping himself from instantly lunging at Cell.
"Oh yes, your family," spat Cell, turning towards the direction of the Son home. "Little Goten, sweet Kara, the caring Chi Chi, and good old Bardock. Maybe I should pay them a visit, and... ...console them about the loss of Goku," Cell spoke, turning towards Gohan.
That was all it took. "You stay the hell away from my family!" Gohan roared as he lunged towards Cell, transforming into a Super Saiyan along the way, and landed a devastating punch, which launched shock-waves that toppled nearby trees, and Cell didn't even flinch.
"What a pitiful performance. And to think I was looking forward to this," said Cell, as he effortlessly grabbed Gohan's outstretched fist, and tossed him away. He then turned towards Videl, who was looking on in shock that the person that beat her so effortlessly was currently outclassed. "And who's this? A loved one, perhaps? Maybe I should play around with her, don't you think, Gohan?" Cell said, walking towards Videl with a slow, menacing walk.
Before he got there, however, Videl lunged. Fueled by the hatred burning within her, her transformation was near-instant. Flashing into Super Saiyan, she dashed at a surprised Cell, managing to knock him away with a right hook to his cheek.
Righting himself, Cell cursed himself for underestimating the girl. He then launched a blast, intent on killing the woman in front of his target.
Both teens looked on helplessly as Cell's blast neared Videl. Just as it was about to collide with her, an enormous spike in ki was felt by Gohan and Cell, and a figure with long, flowing golden hair appeared. He was shrouded in an inferno of golden energy with enormous sparks dancing around his figure, and was dressed in an orange gi, with a blue undershirt, and King Kai's symbol on his back, he effortlessly deflected the blast, causing it to fly back at Cell with dizzying speeds. At the same time, a woman dressed in a set of Saiyan armour resembling a dress helped Videl shake out of her stupor, leading her to the ground. The orange-clad figure turned towards Gohan, did an eerily familiar grin, and said, "Looks like I came just in time, right Gohan?"
Gohan froze. That voice, it couldn't be... anger now forgotten, he chanced it. "D-dad?"
Rubbing the back of his head, the figure responded, "Yup. I guess I really look different like this, huh?"
Despite the current situation the group was in, Gohan broke in an enormous grin.
Turning towards Cell, Goku spoke, "Don't worry about Cell, son. I'll take care of him. You go on and take those two out of here." he said, pointing toward Videl and Gine.
Nodding, Gohan made his way to the two women. Turning around to face his father, Gohan said, "It's good to have you back, Dad."
"It's good to be back, son," Goku replied, still facing Cell.
As soon as Gohan took the two far away enough, he was strangled in a hug by the woman he didn't know. "Oh, my grandson is so handsome! I'll be a great-grandma in no time!" 'Oh dear Kami no!'
"Um, excuse me miss, but who are you?" Gohan asked, ignoring the questioning look Videl was sending the pair.
"Oh! My name is Gine, and I'm your grandma!" happily replied Gine.
"Oh, okay- WHAT!" 'this woman's barely twice my age!' he thought.
"So, Goku, I believe the only reason you are here is because you followed me out. Am I correct?" Cell stated as he stared at Goku.
"Yeah. I was supposed to stop you from leaving HFIL." Goku replied, eyeing Cell.
"And what a good job you did! Now tell me, What is all that?" Cell said, looking at Goku with a curious eye.
"Oh, this?" Goku said, pointing at himself, "This is something I like to call Super Saiyan Three," Goku said, smirking. Small beads of sweat were already forming on his forehead, evidence of his strain.
Cell saw this, and he smirked. bringing his own power out, his aura enveloped him. A raging Super Saiyan yellow covered his body, as his power got closer and closer to Goku's own. It finally leveled out, at a level just below Goku's own.
"That power is something," Cell stated, "but how long can your body cope with the strain? With all this power, I need a real challenge."
Goku chuckled. "I only reached this level a few hours ago. This is it's first... ...field test, really. I need more time to take the strain away. A few months at most."
Cell immediately backed off, letting his power drop. "If time is what you want, time is what you'll get," Cell said, clearly overconfident. "However, a week is all the time this planet will receive. Afterwards, the Cell Games shall begin anew." And with that, Cell rose, and flew away.
As Goku watched Cell fly away, he thought, 'Overconfident as always, Cell,' before powering down.
Standing in front of his front door, Goku has never been as nervous as right now. 'A son and a daughter,' he thought. During the short fly back home, Goku was filled in by Gohan, who described his previously unknown children to him. And right now, he was about to meet them for the first time.
Opening the door, Gohan called out, "Everyone! Videl and I are back! And mom, Grandpa, we got some people you'll want to meet!"
A few seconds later, Chi Chi made her way to the door, closely followed by Bardock. As soon as she laid her eyes on the door, revealing Goku in all his glory, she froze, then fainted.
Bardock ignored the falling woman as he stared at Goku. Chi Chi had fainted like that before, so it was of no concern. Goku, however, didn't see it like that. "Ahhh! Chi Chi!" he cried, lunging forward to catch her. He barely managed to grab her before she hit the ground, managing to put himself between her and the floor. All the while, Bardock was staring at the spot Goku stood in, frozen by the woman standing there.
"Bardock!" Gine yelled, latching on to him and nearly suffocating him with a vise-like hug. Getting over his shock, he pried Gine off of him in order to get a better look at her. The same shoulder-length spiky hair, innocent onyx eyes (despite her stay in HFIL), and the same pouting look she used against him so long ago. Finally confirming to himself that this was indeed his long-dead mate Gine, he immediately kissed her, pouring his longing in the kiss, Gine returning it with equal amounts of passion.
Off to the side, Goten and Kara were spying on the group. As soon as Bardock kissed Gine, Goten scrunched up his nose in disgust, while Kara looked on with stars in her eyes.
"Eww! Kissy kissy! Gross!"
"Wow! That's soo cooool!"
They both then looked at each other, before yelling at the other, "No it's not!"
Gohan, noticing the twin's banter, grew a smile, before saying, "Goten, Kara! Come on out! I have someone who wants to meet you!"
The twins froze, having been caught spying on the group, and walked out into the hallway. When they got to the hallway, Goku and Chi Chi came into their view. Having given up on reviving his wife, Goku was currently sitting on the floor, with Chi Chi's head resting on his lap. When the twins noticed Goku, they stopped, looking at him. "Um, Gohan?" Kara asked. "Why is there another Goten over there with mom?"
"Hey, you look like me!" said both Goku and Goten, pointing at each other.
Gohan then said, "Kara, that isn't another Goten, and Goten, he looks like you because he's your Dad. Yours too, Kara."
Both twins froze at that, now staring at Goku. After a few minutes, they both suddenly cried, "Daddy!" effectively waking up Chi Chi, just in time for her to see her husband get hit by two blurs.
Surprised at the twin's strength, Goku was unprepared for the force behind their tackle. After a while of tumbling through the lawn, they stopped, and Goku said, laughing, "You two are strong, aren't 'ya?"
"Uh-huh! Mommy and Gohan trained us!" Goten said, now climbing onto Goku's left shoulder.
Goku looked at his wife, who was beaming at the trio, happy that they got along so well. After Kara climbed onto his right shoulder, he stood up, walked up to his wife, leaned in, and kissed her.
In a dark bedroom, sunlight streamed through a gap in a window's curtain, a streak of light crawling across the floor, eventually reaching the eyes of a man with wild, spiky black hair. His wife was lying on top of his sleeping form. The light in his eyes though, was making it harder to stay asleep. After fighting a loosing battle with the sun, the man, known to most as Goku Son (or as Kakarot to the Saiyan race), was finally woken from his lumber by his wife's movements. He woke up with a start, finding his wife, Chi Chi, already getting dressed up for the day. He smiled at the sight, thankful for yesterday's events. Well, almost thankful. Cell.
Finally deciding to start his day, Goku rose into a sitting position, looking around for his pants...
Waking up, Gohan found himself looking around the room he found himself in. The walls were white, and the windows were covered in patterns. there was a table with a pillow, and on the pillow was the four-star dragonball. Then he remembered where he was. He was in Gohan Sr's hut. A quick check of the room revealed an inflatable mattress, where Goten and Kara laid, sleeping soundly.
The day before, all the girls stayed over, mostly because Fasha wanted to catch up a bit with Bardock. So, to avoid a sleeping issue, Gohan decided to sleep in grandpa Gohan's house. Goten and Kara came along, because they wanted to sleep with Gohan too. So, Fasha, Videl, and Erasa ended up sleeping in Gohan, Goten, and Kara's room.
Getting up and stretching, Gohan left the hut and entered his home, a change of clothes he picked out already the day before in hand.
After a refreshing shower, he exited the bathroom, toweling his hair in the process. Because of this, he didn't see Videl in the way, who was wandering down the hallway, searching for the bathroom.
When she regained her bearings and looked at who she colided with, she blushed. All Gohan was wearing was his purple gi pans and red belt, leaving his whole upper body bare. She mentally shook herself, and rushed for the bathroom with a cold shower planned out.
Gohan looked back at the blushing Videl, before he shrugged and headed for the kitchen. Girls were wierd, after all...
Then he remembered about Cell, and what his dad told him happened. He looked at the direction of the bathroom. Five words went through his mind: Room of Spirit and Time.